Vice-Admiral of Devon
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This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Devon. Between 1603 and 1623, a separate command existed for North Devon.
[edit] Vice-Admirals of Devon
- George Basset 1558
- John Courtenay 1558–1560 with
- Robert Yeo 1558–1560
- George Basset 1560
- Robert Yeo 1560–1562
- Sir Arthur Champernowne 1562–1578
- Robert Hill 1578–1582
- vacant?
- Edward Seymour bef. 1584–1585?
- Sir Walter Raleigh 1585–1603
- Sir Richard Hawkins 1603–1610
- Sir Richard Cowper 1610–1615
- Sir Lewis Stukley 1615–1619
- Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet 1619–1622
- Sir John Eliot 1622–1626
- Sir John Drake 1626–1628 with
- Sir James Bagg 1626–1638 with
- Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet bef. 1634–1642 with
- John Harris 1638–1642
- vacant
- Sir John Berkeley 1644 (Royalist)
- John Wadden 1644 (Parliamentarian)
- John Eliot 1645–1655 (Parliamentarian)
- Henry Hatsell 1655–1660 (Parliamentarian)
- John Eliot 1660 (Parliamentarian)
- Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet 1660–1666
- John Fowell, 2nd Baronet 1666–1677
- Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet 1677–1688
- George Courtenay 1689–1715
- Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet 1715–1717
- Jonathan Elford 1718–1727
- Theophilus Fortescue 1727–1746
- vacant
- John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1761–1771
- vacant
- Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue 1831–1839
- Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1839–1861
[edit] Vice-Admirals of North Devon
- William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath 1603–1623
